Original manuscript: Adams, John. Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 February 1783, "I am determined...". 1 page. Original manuscript from the Adams Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Source of transcription: Ryerson, Richard Alan, ed. Adams Family Correspondence. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1993. Transcription based on the transcription of different letter sent on the same date with much of the same content.